crt.sh Matador

Tames slow crt.sh searches with retries, caching, and local rendering.

The crt.sh Matador is a human-operated search helper for crt.sh — the public Certificate Transparency log search engine maintained by Sectigo. When crt.sh is slow or times out, the Matador retries automatically, caches successful responses server-side, and renders the result locally so you always get an answer.

Supported queries: domain names (example.com, %.example.com), SHA-256 fingerprints, certificate IDs, SPKI hashes, serial numbers, CA IDs, and most other crt.sh parameters — including asn1= and h= pages.

This tool generates results on demand for human visitors. It is not a data feed, a proxy, or a crawlable archive. Automated crawlers will receive the landing page only and will not trigger any outbound requests to crt.sh.

Common Request Builder

Manual Request

crt.sh query

Supported query options

Quick input

example.com: Plain domain — wrapped in q= automatically
%.example.com: Wildcard domain (% matches any prefix)
https://crt.sh/…: Paste a full crt.sh URL; Matador strips it to the minimal query on submit
64-char hex: SHA-256 fingerprint — searched with q= so crt.sh resolves the exact certificate
param=value&…: Raw query string, same as a crt.sh URL's query part

Certificate lookup

id=: Certificate by crt.sh numeric ID
sha256=: Certificate by SHA-256 fingerprint (hex)
d=: Download PEM by crt.sh ID
serial=: Serial number (hex) — combine with caid=

Name / identity

q=: Domain, CN, or any identity; supports % wildcard
identity=: Exact SAN or CN match

Key / CA

caid=: All certificates from a CA (by CA ID)
spkisha256=: Subject public key SHA-256
ski=: Subject key identifier
aki=: Authority key identifier — too broad by itself; use a CA ID or the CCADB issued-certificates view

Certificate views

asn1=: ASN.1 structure — parsed and rendered locally
h=: Certificate hierarchy

Refinements

deduplicate=Y: Collapse duplicate names in results
exclude=expired: Exclude expired certificates
match=@: Require email address in SAN
sort=: Column to sort by
dir=v: Descending sort direction
group=icaid: Group results by issuer CA
output=json: Raw JSON (auto-applied for list queries)
opt=: Display options, e.g. nometadata, pkimetal

Full crt.sh URL paste

https://crt.sh/?id=2004533348: Becomes id=2004533348
https://crt.sh/?asn1=2004533348: Becomes asn1=2004533348
https://crt.sh/mozilla-onecrl: Becomes the Matador OneCRL fingerprint query
https://crt.sh/mozilla-onecrl?opt=nometadata: Becomes the Matador OneCRL fingerprint query

Special crt.sh pages via path=

path=/mozilla-onecrl: Mozilla OneCRL revocation list query
path=/ccadb-cert/owner/<id>: CCADB certificates by CA owner
path=/…: Any other crt.sh path